Word ladder answers for June 25, 2026
The daily ladder for Thursday, June 25, 2026 had 5 puzzles. The quickest was ICE to TRIPE, solvable in 3 steps, and the longest was SKEWED to STEPPED, which needs at least 7.
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Puzzle 1: ICE to TRIPE
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- add R
- C becomes P
- add T
Words in this ladder
- ICE noun
- water frozen in the solid state
- RICE noun
- grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
- RIPE adjective
- fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
- TRIPE noun
- lining of the stomach of a ruminant (especially a bovine) used as food
Puzzle 2: DROPS to GRIDS
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- O becomes I
- D becomes G
- P becomes D
Words in this ladder
- DROPS noun
- a shape that is spherical and small
- DRIPS noun
- flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
- GRIPS noun
- the act of grasping
- GRIDS noun
- a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
Puzzle 3: MINES to CARTES
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- I becomes A
- M becomes C
- N becomes R
- add T
Words in this ladder
- MINES noun
- excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
- MANES noun
- a Persian prophet who founded Manichaeism (216-276)
- CANES noun
- a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
- CARES noun
- the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
- CARTES noun
- a list of dishes available at a restaurant
Puzzle 4: STOATS to SPOOLS
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- T becomes H
- A becomes O
- T becomes K
- H becomes P
- K becomes L
Words in this ladder
- STOATS noun
- the ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail
- SHOATS noun
- a young pig
- SHOOTS noun
- a new branch
- SHOOKS noun
- a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
- SPOOKS noun
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
- SPOOLS noun
- a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
Puzzle 5: SKEWED to STEPPED
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- K becomes T
- E becomes O
- T becomes L
- W becomes P
- add P
- L becomes T
- O becomes E
Words in this ladder
- SKEWED verb
- turn or place at an angle
- STEWED verb
- be in a huff; be silent or sullen
- STOWED verb
- fill by packing tightly
- SLOWED verb
- lose velocity; move more slowly
- SLOPED verb
- be at an angle
- SLOPPED verb
- cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
- STOPPED verb
- come to a halt, stop moving
- STEPPED verb
- shift or move by taking a step
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